Rachel Holloway: Co-President
Year: 3
Major(s): Biology and Neuroscience
Minor(s): Chemistry
Other Involvement: member of the
Women's Varsity Soccer Team, the Vice
President of Mental Health
Ambassadors, active in Alpha Epsilon
Delta, member of the University Honors
Program, volunteers in the CCHMC
Perlman Center, where she assists with
children diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy

Shannon Fastnacht: Director of
Service
Year: 3
Major(s): Marketing
Minor(s): n/a
Other Involvement: member of
the Club Tennis Team, involved
in Cincy Snowcats, event
coordinator on the CHAARG
Executive team

Our Exec Board got together for a retreat in
June to begin planning events for the year and
participated in team building exercises like
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ALD National Leadership Conference
In October, our Co-President, Taylor, and
Historian/Webmaster/Treasurer, Lydia, attended
the ALD National Leadership Conference in
Phoenix. They not only learned a lot, but met some
awesome people from all over the country!

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People are Just Dying to Get In!

Our first big event of the year was tiedying old white ALD shirts on the
Saturday of UCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Welcome Weekend
festivities!
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People are Just Dying to Get In!

Our recruitment team hard at work!

Even the UC Bearcat got in on the fun!
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Its Cool to
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On the Sunday of Welcome
Weekend we set up a table at the
Involvement Fair and handed out
water balloons to help everyone
stay cool! Plus the Bearcat
stopped by again!

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During the Spring Semester our Recruitment team held 4
Information Sessions with free pizza for potential inductees to
learn more about ALD at the University of Cincinnati.

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We Launched a Website!

Our graduating member, Katerina Griffiths,
worked over the summer to design our chapter a
new website. Potential members can find out
what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all about and current members can
check our calendar of events!

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Chapter Emails

This year, our primary form of communication was through
chapter emails sent out by our secretary, Isabella.

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Social Media

We also used our Instagram and Twitter to keep our members
and potential members up to date on upcoming socials!

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A New Form of Communication

Due to a lot of issues with our emails not reaching our members
we partnered with a brand new website and app, PlunkMe, to
help our members connect! We started using it in the Spring
semester and plan to continue using it next year!

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Pizza with Friends
Our first social of the year
was a Welcome Back pizza
social at Mioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza just
steps from campus!

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A Caramel Apple a Dayâ&#x20AC;Ś

In November, we had a
make your own caramel
apple social! It was a bit
messy, but tons of fun!
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Never Enough Pizza

Our final social of the year was our
FareWelcome to welcome new initiates and
say farewell to our graduating seniors!

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Habitat for Humanity

Our first big service event of the year was a
Habitat for Humanity event in downtown
Cincinnati where a group of our members
helped to build houses for impoverished
people in our local community.

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Freestore Foodbank

Over the course of
the year we worked
with our local
Freestore Foodbank
who helps provide
food to those in
need in our local
community

In the fall our members volunteered in
the Giving Fields to harvest fresh
produce and in the spring we helped
build Power Packs for students in the
local community to ensure they have
access to food over weekends
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Ongoing Volunteering
Opportunities
Over the course of this school year, our
members volunteered about 300 hours

Two of our most important volunteering
opportunities are our ongoing opportunities.
We volunteered weekly at the Boys and Girls
Club helping with homework, as well as
monthly with Little Sisters of the Poor
helping to run Bingo nights!

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Inclusivity is Key
In the fall, our
Scholarship event was a
workshop put on by UC
RAPP (Racial Awareness
Pilot Project) and our
members learned about
the 5 Key Skills of
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Charles Scott
After experiencing his presentations at Nationals, our co-president and historian wanted to bring
Charles Scott to our campus to share his wisdom with our members. This spring Charles gave two
talks to our members and was a huge hit!

Charles’ first talk, “Obstacles and Growth,” was
given at our Initiation. Everyone from new
members to their families loved it!

Charles’ second talk was “The Secret to
Optimal Performance”

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This year we had 371
new initiates that we
celebrated at our
Spring Initiation
Ceremony

Before the ceremony new members
checked in and received their certificates

Before and after the
ceremony we sold
ALD t-shirts and
Charles Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
books, which he
signed after the
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I accept membership into
National Alpha Lambda
Delta, understanding that in
doing so I assume the
responsibility of continuing
to maintain its standards of
service, of diligence and of
integrity. I pledge to promote
high scholarship and to use
my education for the benefit
of my community my
Nation and the world in
which we live.â&#x20AC;?
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Following our Initiation
Ceremony our new members
and their families were invited
to stay for a casual reception
with light refreshments!

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Over the course of this academic year we, the University of Cincinnati
chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, have worked hard to improve as leaders
not only in our university community, but in the world. By working together,
attending the ALD National Leadership Conference, and hosting leadership
workshops we have all grown together. We have strengthened our
relationships with each other through 3 successful socials, 300 hours spent
volunteering together, cultivating our current social media and online
presence, as well as expanding that presence. By utilizing a new, more open
line of communication our chapter has the opportunity to grow even closer,
which is especially important to us and our 371 new members for the
upcoming academic year.